Don't disagree too much with any of the above, except I would tip 7) to be Serbia over Argentina. Also for 10), Poland v Columbia is probably 50-50 but inclined towards Poland as well.

As a general rule for those uninitiated, at this stage of the tournament you can probably pick winners with 70% chance of success by picking either the South American nation or the European nation. Where two Europeans/South Americans playing or a European v South American playing then that's where it's a bit more complicated, but even then, you could probably flip a coin and do okay or go off the FIFA rankings (although they are generally pretty rubbish for the World Cup it's probably a good enough guide).

The only reason colonials use the name "soccer" instead of the original name football, is because they couldn't think of a better name for a game played with a foot long ball. Which brings us to the next issue I have with 'muricans and company. What's with the measuring system, wouldn't the metric system be much more logical to use? How about SI-system?

Atleast they drive on the right side of road in the new world, so that's nice.

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While I agree that in Europe we all find it strange that it is called "Saccer" in America..(Except in Ireland where a lot of people call it Soccer too, because we have a sport here called Gaelic Football (Hurling is better btw) ). Anywho, Soccer is actually an English word and is believed to be a slang version of "Association" (Association Football). So as it stands Soccer is very much a very old English slang word.

In soccer (football) players actually use their feet for more than just an occasional kickoff. The ball gets propelled most often with feet, hence FOOTball. American football rarely uses feet to propel the ball - it gets carried or passed by throwing. Most often it gets around with attempts at carrying the ball once caught. It should be called carryball or passball. Despite being North American, i quite like carryball myself. Especially the reactions to that term.

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If anyone wants to make some money I've guessed the winner in every game so far and scores right in all but Russia-Saudi and Portugal-Spain

I'm on my phone so cba to look over the games but a few things:

Croatia is the best team in their group, Argentina looks better forward but Croatia has 5 CL finalists on their starting roster that people don't respect at all. Argentina lacks in defense and plays super heavily on possession on the opposing side of the field. Argentina is weak against teams that can keep their defense closed and not let people in between them, Iceland even got to pressure Argentina LUL

Germany is the best team in their group but their squad is getting older, so younger teams can play a higher tempo and eventually wither them down. Mexico and Sweden have free wins there if they strangle germany's ability to systematically move the ball up.

Mexico has a history of losing against Germany (never won in WC) but haven't lost their opening game in 24 years. Worth considering.

Colombia has two free wins basically. England has a free group considering their squad is plug n play from the Spurs and should have a more sophisticated playstyle than before.

Uruguay has the best offense in the entire WC hands down but Egypt has Salah so you never know, he started benched tho so who knows. Russia won't make it out of groups even with home-turf.

You should consider the dynamic of the rosters who face each other rather than who the better team is. My Iceland-Argentina bet gave me a nice payday just saying

Edit: I know Ger-Mex has finished already but I havent watched it yet, no spoliers pls

this is the highest goal avg/game WC's ever had. I'd be surprised if there are any goalless games until matchday 3 tbh

1-1 Mexico vs Germany (wrong), rip my billion dollars from unibet

1-1 Mex-Swe Safe bet, won't be goalless but hard to see who wins it (Mexico has better players but Sweden has better synergy) so it's reasonsble. Mexico scoring early putting pressure on Sweden means a different result though. Sweden sucks from behind.

3-1 Mex-Korea (Mexico has a much higher pace but korea plays smarter football with a lot of leaps and finding gaps within the defense so I doubt Mexico will keep the 0)

2-0 Swe-Kor, slower pacing than Mexico but much better squad synergy for Sweden

2-2 Ger-Swe, a history of draws between them and without Zlatan sweden struggles getting through their backline but they're a fresher squad with better tempo imo, Toivonen will score though.

4-0 Ger-Korea. Defenders are too good. No way they get through or are able to punish on germany moving up the ball along with their team to the enemy territory.

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Soooo, I got a message when I loaded into the game this evening. "you have unused rewards please use before 1.4" Or words to that effect. I selected which tanks to apply the bonus to. Do I also have to assign the girl crew members? I vaguely remember from last year that you keep them, but as always WG's potato communication doesn't make it clear..... Just said I'd ask here to save myself from having to visit the main forums.

I hate that f*king capping mission for 260 (LTs)...
It's a hair-pulling nightmare. The description should seriously read "Go ahead and sit in cap circle and have fun while missing out on all the easy cleanup damage and enjoy your frustration after, when your teammates manage to kill the enemy team 2 seconds before you cap."
OMFG.. Any advice on how to do this without becoming crazy?